b'STORIESOF IMPACTMercy Health FoundationToledo, OHEarl Rodriguez spent 10 days on an ECMO artificial lung machine that was purchased with donations to Mercy Health Foundation. The equipment allowed his lungs and heart to rest and heal.Thanks to donors, an ECMO machine healed Earls near-fatal lung injury after a motorcycle accidentWhen the staff at Mercy HealthSt. Vincent Medicaldioxide from the blood, then warms and pumps the Center nickname a patient ECMO Earl, something trulyblood back in the body, allowing time for the heart and special has occurred. And our donors were part of Earlslungs to rest and heal. lifesaving experience.Earl received ECMO treatment for 10 days and it Earl and Nancy Rodriguez were traveling by motorcyclerepaired his body beyond everyones expectations. when they collided with a box truck. The couple wereEvery doctor weve taken him to is amazed by his transported by Life Flight to Mercy Health. According torecovery, Monn says. He survived because ECMO Earls sister, Monn, who traveled from her home ingave his body time to heal from within. Texas to care for her brother and sister-in-law, things werent looking good.ECMO Earl and his wife are doing better today, and He was on a ventilator with nine broken ribs and aMonn is thankful for donors who make the best collapsed right lung, she says. Everything was bad. medical technology available in Toledo and the No one thought he was going to make it.surrounding rural communities.As a last resort, Earl was placed on ECMOIt saved his life. I wouldnt have him today if it wasnt (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). Donations tofor ECMO. Had this not been available, he would have Mercy Health Foundation helped purchase this artificialdied in the hospital.lung technology that adds oxygen and removes carbon WATCH: A donor-funded driving simulator for neuro rehab helped Jordan regain his commercial truck drivers license after a motorcycle accident left him with a traumatic brain injury.Click or scan the QR code to watch Jordans video31'